Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-11
THURSDAY.
Court opened Thursday morning at 9
O'Clock
LINDEN ALLEN.

O'Clock;
LINDEN ALLEN.
Linden Allen was recalled and testi-
fed as follows: / assisted 10 arrest
Ward. About two miles from where We
met Sheriff Wightman | said TO him !:
This was a terrible affair. shooting your
brOthcr-in-law. Why did you do IT, He
said lac ca led my mother a D. W
b.. This is all asked him. II was
about 1 O'Clock in the afternoon.
HENRY II. JORDAN.
Henry r. Jordan was sworn and te,ti-
fled a. follows: am blacksmith. and
live about one and a-halt miles from
Cat Hollow" Was at home on the
morning Of January 9th. Heard Of the
shooting and went down TO the place. !
saw Jewell lying dead in the yard.
got there between and 10 o'clock.
Ward and Kayanaugh were not there.
The body was lying at the lower kaya-
naugh house, feet from the door. |
looked over the ground. Saw blood
about ten feet from the door up. Also
saw much blood against the house. Saw
am axe standing against the house about
three inches from JEWELS feet. Sheriff
Wightman was not there. Deputy
Sheriff Cooper was present when ! got
there. or came about the same tine did.
Mr.. joel +. Kagey and Mr.. Dewitt
Hawkins went with me TO "Cat Hollow
| heard no report OF gun.
On cross-cXamnatiOn he said: There
was a grape vine near the house. There
was also some other bushes west OF the
body. DO not know what they were,
but were not grape vines. They were
near the head Of the body. His feet
were three feet from the door. meas
urcd the distance. Don't think he was
standing at the same place when shot.
Saw nothing 10 indicate that the dead
man had been moved or dragged. He
was three feet above the door and close
10 the house. The axe stood against the
house q few inches from his feet and be-
tween the body and the door. He was
shot i'm the left side. lie could not have
been shot i'm the left side il walking to-
wards his home. There was blood on
the ground ten feet from the door
There was blood on the house five feet
from the door. Could no have been
shot i'm left side il facing the door. The
/ ground that Jewell was on was higher
than where Ward stood.
JOEL F. KAGEY.
joel +. kagcy was sworn and testified.
Live in IIawknstown, about two miles
/ from "Cat Hollow | know where
! kayanaugh and Jewell lived. Was at
] lIawkinstoWn on the morning J;ruary
! 9th. at q o'clock. Went to scene OF
murder generally called Lille Wards.
Went around the house and met Mrs.
! Kayanaugh nj the gate going for wood.
| Went around to where Jewell was killed.
/ Expecting 10 be called A. q witness |
made a careful examination. Jewell
was lying about 3 feet from centre OF
| the door. Found drops OF blood about
/ ten feet from the door, also an impress
sion II foot i'm the mud rs il twisted
| Could see where whtewash was rubbed
Off from house. Could trail the blood to
where body was lying. He was lying
about three feet from centre OF door
| Axe about eighteen inches from the door.
| Feet Of body at least six inches from the
axe. Charles Ward and kavanaugh
were not present. Mrs. kavanaugh, a
girl called Bcckcy Sibert, Mr.. Cooper
and the gentlemen who went with ne and
others were present. The axe was abont
| twelve or eighteen inches South Of the
door. Suppose the door was two feet
four inches wide. II was ten feet from
| the body to the drops of the blood.
saw no blood between grape vine and
door. must have overlooked it. made
| what ! thought was a careful cxamina-
/ ton. Expected to be called a 2 wit
ness. Here occurred 4 squabblc be-
tween the lawyers II there were marks
OF blood between grape vine and door
yesterday "wednesday must have over
/ looked them ON the day OF the shooting.
/ wont say they were or were not there.
/ The feet Of the body were three feet from
| the door and six inches from the axe
and the axe that distance from the house.
This ended the evidence for the Com
monwealth.
Adjourned for dinner.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Court opened Thursday afternoon at
/ ] 30 o'clock:
MRS. WARD.
Mrs. Ward was sworn and testified {:
! | am the mothcr-n-law OF Saml Jewell
and the mother Of Chas. ID. Ward. lie
will be rs wears old on the goth OF this
month. The killing Of Jewell occurred
/ on Thursday morning about Go'clock. II
was i'm January. | can't read nor write.
We had fixed our fence. and Jewell said
/ he would tear il down. | said Sam. don
/ tear down the fence. He said tthe Ian
guagc is too proianc and indecent for
publication. Pat said come away aud
/ Jet him alone. il there j. any law ! u
/ have him arrested. Sam then ran al
/ him with the axe ard said say it again
and I'll cut your d brains ont. Cha-.
/ then told him t. leave the yard and quit
cursing lie said will 20 when get
ready, and made at Charlie saying I'll
cut your brains ont, you d puppy
Just rs he was making lick at the boy
| the shot was fired. Charlie had nothing
on but his pants and shirt. Sam wa,
after my boy when he got the gun. !
put my hand on the gun and said put
down that gun. Sam dropped 10 his
| knee. aud then onto hi, hands, and
! pitched over against the door with the
axe in his hand. got to him first. Mrs.
Jewell came running from her house,
caught him and laid him down on his
back. helped her 10 do 50. His POI
-ition never was changed afterwards a.
far as know Chas. was standing win
one foot in the door and the other ont
side. When Jewell fell he exclaimed
Oh. me or something like that, ! could
hardly understand him. Chas. set the
guu behind the door and bursted out
! slAca annflNl IN
stri ke Chas. with the axe. The axe was
against the house where he fell with II IN
his hands. | owned and held this prop
eriJ before ! was married. My husband
has been away two years and five
months. ! asked him to change the
fence on account Of the little grave.
did not charge Jewell any rent, but let
him live there because he was my som
m-law. Before Chas. came out sam.
ran ut Pat with the axe and said I'll cut
YOUR brains out. Pat had q pailing in
his hand. Jewell followed Chas. with
the axe when he told him to 90 ont OF
the yard and quit cursing there. lie
had the axe up to hit the boy when the
shoe was fired. Chas. went away be-
cause he was scared and was afraid
.om,c would lynch him. He and Pat
said they were going to Mt. Jackson to
find an officer. As Jewell fell the blood
flowed from the wound over the axe.
(Shc thought the axe produced in court
looked like the one Jewell had, but
could not say positively that it was the
same axc.) The shooting occurred on
Thursday, in January. 1887. ! think
Charlie was born in 1871 on March 3Otll.
Ny brother pat it down.
Mrs. Wards crOss-cXaminatiOn was
pretty much a repetition Of the above
She said when told him to quit tearing
the pailings of the fence, he said hush
your mouth you d W D.. !
said then Sam you are son OF b.